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  • THE OXFORD HISTORY OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND: VOLUME 3: CROWN AND PEOPLE
    THE OXFORD HISTORY OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND: VOLUME 3: CROWN AND PEOPLE
    ROSEMARY KELLY
    These outstanding books bring to life the people, places and events of the past in these islands, from the earliest settlers to the present day. They explore the everyday lives of people of all kinds across the centuries and charting the great moments of social change and of discovery and invention. Find out what it was like to live in London in the 16th century, about the feud...
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  • CASTLE IN THE AIR
    CASTLE IN THE AIR
    DIANA WYNNE JONES
    A magical Arabian Nights tale from the captivating creator of fantasy, Diana Wynne Jones. The dazzling sequel to Howl's Moving Castle. Far to the south in the Land of Ingary, lives a young carpet merchant called Abdullah. In his dreams, he is the long-lost son of a great prince. This dream is a complete castle in the air... or is it? Abdullah's day-dreams suddenly start to co...
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    9,99 €

  • GOD
    GOD
    REZA ASLAN
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores humanity's quest to make sense of the divine in this concise and fascinating history of our understanding of God. In Zealot, Reza Aslan replaced the staid, well-worn portrayal of Jesus of Nazareth with a startling new image of the man in all his contradictions. In his new book, Aslan tak...
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    24,95 €

  • THE DIVINE COMEDY: ANNIVERSARY EDITION
    THE DIVINE COMEDY: ANNIVERSARY EDITION
    DANTE ALIGHIERI
    Dante's dramatic journey down the circles of Hell, up the mountain of Purgatory and through the spheres of Heaven in search of redemption - and his encounter with devils, monsters and the souls of sinners and saints - is one of the cornerstones of Western literature, the summit of medieval thinking and arguably the highest poetic achievement of all time. This 700th Anniversary...
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    16,25 €

  • EMPRESS OF DUST
    EMPRESS OF DUST
    ALEX KINGSLEY
    There are monsters outside the city walls.Harvard is small, anxious, and plagued by a constant tremor, which is not an ideal combination for a desert scavenger. He and his crew are under constant threat of desertwalker attacks, and Harvard is nearly useless against them.When the biggest mistake of Harvard's life separates him from his crew, he must learn the secrets of the dese...
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  • I KISSED SHARA WHEELER
    I KISSED SHARA WHEELER
    CASEY MCQUISTON
    *INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**INSTANT #1 INDIE BESTSELLER**INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER* From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, White & Royal Blue comes a romantic comedy about chasing down what you want, only to find what you need... Chloe Green is so close to winning. After her moms moved her from SoCal to Alabama for high school, she's ...
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    11,25 €

  • ANGELS AND DEMONS
    ANGELS AND DEMONS
    DAN BROWN
    CERN Institute, Switzerland: a world-renowned scientist is found brutally murdered with a mysterious symbol seared onto his chest. The Vatican, Rome: the College of Cardinals assembles to elect a new pope. Somewhere beneath them, an unstoppable bomb of terrifying power relentlessly counts down to oblivion. In a breathtaking race against time, Harvard professor Robert Langdon mu...
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    12,50 €

  • PENGUIN ENGLISH LIBRARY A TALE OF TWO CITIES
    PENGUIN ENGLISH LIBRARY A TALE OF TWO CITIES
    CHARLES DICKENS
    The Penguin English Library Edition of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens'Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!'Described by Dickens as 'the best story I have written', A Tale of Two Cities interweaves thrilling historical drama with heartbreaking personal tragedy. It vividly depicts a revolutionary Paris running red...
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    11,25 €

  • A MANUAL FOR CLEANING WOMEN
    A MANUAL FOR CLEANING WOMEN
    LUCIA BERLIN
    CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF PICADOR BOOKSThe world just goes along. Nothing much matters, you know? I mean really matters. but then sometimes, just for a second, you get this grace, this belief that it does matter, a whole lot.With an introduction from Lydia DavisLucia Berlin's stories in A Manual for Cleaning Women make for one of the most remarkable unsung collections in twentiet...
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    13,75 €

  • THE ARTIST'S WAY
    THE ARTIST'S WAY
    JULIA CAMERON
    Since its first publication, The Artist's Way has inspired the genius of Elizabeth Gilbert, Tim Ferriss, Reese Witherspoon and millions of readers to embark on a creative journey and find a deeper connection to process and purpose. Julia Cameron guides readers in uncovering problems and pressure points that may be restricting their creative flow and offers techniques to open up...
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    31,25 €

  • SAKAMOTO DAYS, VOL. 10
    SAKAMOTO DAYS, VOL. 10
    YUTO SUZUKI
    Kill some time with former hit man Taro Sakamoto!As Sakamoto and his friends hunt for the database at the JCC, Shin winds up in a serious duel with a teacher who might have information on what they want. Meanwhile, Sakamoto deals with Amane, a boy with a connection to X. Thanks to X's schemes, the JCC faces an unprecedented crisis!As Sakamoto and his friends hunt for the databa...
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    11,25 €

  • TIME OUT OF JOINT
    TIME OUT OF JOINT
    PHILIP K. DICK
    Ragle Gumm is an ordinary man leading an ordinary life, except that he makes his living by entering a newspaper contest every day - and winning, every day. But then he begins to suspect that his whole world is an illusion, constructed around him for the purpose of keeping him docile and happy. ...
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    12,50 €

  • A WITCH'S GUIDE TO MAGICAL INNKEEPING
    A WITCH'S GUIDE TO MAGICAL INNKEEPING
    SANGU MANDANNA
    "Sera Swan was once one of the most powerful witches in Britain. Then she resurrected her great-aunt, lost most of her magic, befriended a semi-villainous talking fox, and was exiled from her magical Guild. Now she runs an inn in Lancashire, where she deals with her quirky guests' shenanigans, tries to keep the fox in check, and longs for the magical future she lost. Until she ...
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  • LAST NIGHT IN MONTREAL
    LAST NIGHT IN MONTREAL
    EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Station Eleven Lilia has been leaving people behind her entire life. Haunted by her inability to remember her early childhood, and by a mysterious shadow that seems to dog her wherever she goes, Lilia moves restlessly from city to city, abandoning lovers and friends along the way. But then she meets Eli, and he's not ready to let h...
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    12,50 €

  • YOU
    YOU
    CAROLINE KEPNES
    'THRILLER OF THE YEAR' Daily Mail When aspiring writer Guinevere Beck strides into the bookstore where Joe works he is instantly smitten. But there's more to Joe than Beck realises and much more to Beck than her perfect facade. And the obsessive relationship quickly spirals into a whirlwind of deadly consequences ...A chilling account of unrelenting, terrifying deceit, Caroline...
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    12,50 €

  • THE DRAGON REPUBLIC
    THE DRAGON REPUBLIC
    R. F. KUANG
    The war is over. The war has just begun. Three times throughout its history, Nikan has fought for its survival in the bloody Poppy Wars. Though the third battle has just ended, shaman and warrior Rin cannot forget the atrocity she committed to save her people. Now she is on the run from her guilt, the opium addiction that holds her like a vice, and the murderous commands of the...
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  • THE FAVORITES
    THE FAVORITES
    LAYNE FARGO
    To the world, they were a scandal. To each other, an obsession.NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An epic love story set in the sparkling, savage sphere of elite figure skating, starring a woman determined to carve her own path on and off the ice—now with bonus material including two never-before-seen chapters!"Part Wuthering Heights and part Daisy Jones & The Six, this novel is as brillian...
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    14,75 €

  • SONS AND LOVERS
    SONS AND LOVERS
    DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE
    Introduction and Notes by Dr Howard J. Booth, University of Kent at Canterbury. 'When you have experienced Sons and Lovers you have lived through the agonies of the young Lawrence striving to win free from his old life'. Richard Aldington This novel is Lawrence's semi-autobiographical masterpiece in which he explores emotional conflicts through the protagonist, Paul Morel, and ...
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    4,95 €

  • ALL THE BEAUTIFUL LIES
    ALL THE BEAUTIFUL LIES
    PETER SWANSON
    On the eve of his college graduation, Harry is called home by his step-mother Alice, to their house on the Maine coast, following the unexpected death of his father. But who really is Alice, his father's much younger second wife? In a brilliant split narrative, Peter Swanson teases out the stories and damage that lie in her past. And as her story entwines with Harry's in the pr...
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    14,50 €

  • ERUPTION
    ERUPTION
    PAUL BRANNIGAN
    Since their debut in 1978, Van Halen has set a high bar for the rock 'n' roll lifestyle of good times and debauchery. It created an entirely new style of post-'60s hard rock and, unlike bands with a similar sound, managed to gain cross-gender appeal. With insights from Van Halen himself, "Eruption" reaches beyond the boundaries of a conventional rock biography to explore the cu...
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  • ENLIGHTENMENT
    ENLIGHTENMENT
    SARAH PERRY
    **LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024** Immerse yourself in a story of love and astronomy across two centuries - from the #1 bestselling author of The Essex Serpent. 'Gorgeous...ethereal' GUARDIAN 'Truth, beauty and love...extraordinary' OBSERVER 'A book with cosmic reach' FINANCIAL TIMES 'You'll get lost in the pages' ELLE Thomas Hart and Grace Macaulay have lived all thei...
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    12,50 €

  • THE WHO REVEALED
    THE WHO REVEALED
    MATT KENT
    The quintessential Mod band, notorious for their theatricality and destructiveness on stage, The Who rate alongside the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and the Rolling Stones as one of the most successful and innovative rock bands of the sixties and seventies that captured the voice of youth. Following the successful Led Zeppelin Revealed and Pink Floyd Revealed, this new, glossy, visually...
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    16,95 €

  • TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW
    TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW
    GABRIELLE ZEVIN
    THE BOOK EVERYONE LOVES: 'I loved this book' JOJO MOYES 'One of the best books I've ever read' JOHN GREEN 'The book that everyone should read' PANDORA SYKES, Stylist Live 'One of the few I really like a lot this year' JAMES PATTERSON This is not a romance, but it is about love. When Sam catches sight of Sadie at a crowded train station one winter morning he is catapulted back...
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  • THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES
    THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES
    TOM WOLFE
    Sherman McCoy finds himself involved in a freak accident involving two black muggers, his Mercedes and his mistress. As a result McCoy learns that prosecutors, politicians and press are lining up to devour him with shameless self-serving relish. ...
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  • WELL DONE, SECRET SEVEN
    WELL DONE, SECRET SEVEN
    ENID BLYTON
    Solve the mystery with the Secret Seven - everyone's favourite detective club! These timeless stories are perfect for young fans of mystery, adventure or detective series. Also available in audiobook! In book three, the Secret Seven have a new meeting place - a treehouse! But someone else is using it too. The gang are furious, but then they learn the intruder is in big trouble ...
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    9,99 €

  • SEABORN
    SEABORN
    MICHAEL LIVINGSTON
    The seven houses of the matriarchal Seaborn have plied the seas of the Fair Isles for centuries, trading among the islands and fending off the attacks by the fearsome Bone Pirate.But suddenly, out of the night sky, a common enemy appears - the Windborn, who come without warning to raid, burn, and kill.Hoping to turn the tide, Shae - the Bone Pirate's first mate - enacts a darin...
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    12,50 €

  • MEDITATIONS
    MEDITATIONS
    MARCUS AURELIUS
    How to live a better life. One of the most important books on Western philosophy - a powerful and inspirational guide for the complicated world of today 'Refreshing and restorative' GUARDIAN 'An ancient work of spiritual reflection which remains a powerful reminder of how we could live a more dignified life by avoiding deceit, vanity and greed' OK MAGAZINE Few ancient works ...
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  • THE SANDMAN VOL. 2: THE DOLL'S HOUSE 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
    THE SANDMAN VOL. 2: THE DOLL'S HOUSE 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
    NEIL GAIMAN
    From the #1 New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman! One of the most popular and critically acclaimed graphic novels of all time, Neil Gaiman's award-winning masterpiece The Sandman set the standard for mature, lyrical fantasy in the modern comics era. Illustrated by talented artists, the series is a rich blend of modern and ancient mythology in which contemporary fictio...
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    21,25 €

  • THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
    THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
    THUCYDIDES,
    'The greatest historian that ever lived' Such was Macaulay's verdict on Thucydides (c. 460-400 BC) and his history of the Peloponnesian War, the momentous struggle between Athens and Sparta as rival powers and political systems that lasted for twenty-seven years from 431 to 404 BC, involved virtually the whole of the Greek world, and ended in the fall of Athens. Thucydides hims...
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  • IMPERIUM
    IMPERIUM
    ROBERT HARRIS
    From the bestselling author of Pompeii comes the first volume in an exciting new trilogy set in ancient Rome -- an imaginary biography of Cicero, Rome's first and greatest politician. Of all the great figures of Roman times, none was more fascinating or attractive than Marcus Cicero. A brilliant lawyer and orator, a famous wit and philosopher, he launched himself at the age of ...
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